Alison Knezevich

Writer

Alison Knezevich reports on local issues in Baltimore County and the region. She joined The Sun in 2011 and has covered county government and politics, courts and criminal justice. She previously worked at the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette, where she reported on state politics and other topics. She grew up in Pittsburgh and is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Recent Articles

A Baltimore County judge has convicted a Windsor Mill man of second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, whose body was never found after she vanished in 2010. Travis Elleby, 31, was found guilty Wednesday by Circuit Judge Judith C. Ensor after a three-day bench trial, prosecutors said....

A 48-year-old man was shot in the leg on Thanksgiving Day in northwest Baltimore, city police said. Police said officers were dispatched to the 3000 block of Spaulding Avenue at about 1:10 p.m. Thursday after gunshots were reported in that area of the city’s Central Park Heights neighborhood. They...

For many who take part in the Y Turkey Trot Charity 5K, fitness is just as much a part of Thanksgiving as food and family. In Towson, thousands of runners and walkers got a healthy start on their holiday Thursday in the 23rd annual race. It was one of seven Turkey Trot races held on Thanksgiving...

The former Owings Mills Mall site will be redeveloped as an outdoor shopping center called Mill Station, a $108 million project to be anchored by a new Costco warehouse store. The project’s announcement Tuesday alleviates uncertainty in the community about the demolished mall, which closed in 2015....

A Baltimore County pilot program meant to crack down on unruly parties in Towson will be extended through 2022. Under the law, first passed by the County Council in early 2016, offenders face fines and community service, while their landlords can be fined and eventually lose their rental license...

As a young patrolman assigned to the Harlem Park neighborhood of West Baltimore, Sean Suiter impressed his supervisor as a conscientious and poised officer who “operated beyond his years.” “The writing was on the wall early in his career that he was going to ascend the ranks in any path he chose,”...

As more police departments use body cameras, a coalition of civil rights groups is raising concerns about officers’ unrestricted access to view their own footage, saying it can affect their memory of events. The Baltimore County Police Department is among the agencies that allow the practice, according...

Attorneys for the 6-year-old son of Korryn Gaines are disputing key details in the Baltimore County Police Department’s account of the fatal shooting of the Randallstown woman last year. Lawyers for the son, Kodi, said Tuesday that Gaines, 23, was not pointing her shotgun at police when Royce Ruby...